Little Axe
2016
Genre
history   documentary   animation   short (less than 45 min)  
Keywords/theme
biography   trans history   transphobia   music  
Media type
web episode  
Country of origin

United States of America

Production company

11B Productions

Focus Features

Nonetheless Production

Technical specs

Colour

Languages

English/English

Series data
We've Been Around ( 2016-2016 )

Season 1, Episode 4

Content Warnings
Unreviewed
Images
Hand-lettered "We've Been Around" is superimposed in front of 9 stills laid out in a grid pattern. The images depict trans history icons, media formats and settings. They are a mix of archival photos and drawings.

Hand-lettered "We've Been Around" is superimposed in front of 9 stills laid out in a grid pattern. The images depict trans history icons, media formats and settings. They are a mix of archival photos and drawings.

Description

Little Axe profiles trans man Wilmer Broadnax, a popular gospel singer known as Little Axe, and his brother Willie Broadnax, as they sang their way to success from the 1940s to the 1970s.

YouTube. “We’ve Been Around.” Accessed February 26, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqp2XEqSsX0wUfWNaCBBiqA.

Cast & Crew
Crew